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In recent months, I have experienced a reality that happens to many of us as we age. At first, I denied it and ignored it. But after too many months of squinting at my text messages and accordioning out my arms singing from a hymnal, I bought myself…
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Two small nails – that’s all it was. And neither one went into the wall easily. One resisted but finally settled in with just a bit of a bend in it, nicely positioned to hold a memorial plaque. The other bent more dramatically and stopped penetrating…
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It was one of those heart-stopping, stomach-dropping, ‘uh-oh’ moments. I had just moved to the Quad Cities and was taking advantage of a rare 15-minute window of time to speed home and let the dog out. I was in a hurry, so I rushed in, put the dog on…
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In my next life, I want to be a paleontologist. Not that every day is stimulating for them. They can work beside archaeologists for years, poring over the same rock terrain, only to come up with nothing. But when a fossil of significance is found, th…
Liz Franks, spouse of our newest pastoral resident Max Franks, has just been named by the church council to be St. Paul’s full-time youth coordinator. She will walk alongside high school students in their faith and life journeys. Liz’s leadership ski…
The Neighborhood Schools Partnership has been a mainstay within St. Paul for years, putting our core values into daily action. The partnership connects St. Paul with Madison Elementary and the love of St. Paul is needed now more than ever. Dana Welse…
The span of time from your 20s into your 30s can bring significant transition. You’ve spent the majority of your life in a structured educational setting, many years living under the roof of others, and surrounded by familiarity. So…now what? This tr…
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A few weeks ago, my dad and I took a quick road trip to Chicago. I dropped him off at O’Hare International Airport where he caught a flight to visit my sister in Baltimore. That doesn’t sound like anything exceptionally noteworthy, I’m sure. While ai…
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At a recent medical appointment, the tech covered the silence while prepping a procedure by asking if I had big plans for the day. “Just headed for work.” “Oh; where do you work?” “I’m one of the pastors at St. Paul Lutheran in Davenport.” <long…
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Allison began work as St. Paul’s business office assistant in July. Tell us about your family/where you grew up I was born and raised in Moline. My parents have passed away and I have a brother Thom and a sister Laura, who both live out of the area….
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A few weeks ago, we lost the internet at our house. To fix it, we needed a technician to come out, and so for five days, we lost our connectivity. Like so many of us, we have become utterly dependent on those fiber cables that bring us our music, ent…
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Two of our four worship services this weekend at St. Paul are jazz services (9:00 & 11:15 a.m.). It’s the 26th consecutive year (minus two for the pandemic) that our distinguished group of jazz folks from Chicago will lead us in worship. It’s als…